PUBLISHERS ON INFORMATION HIGHWAYS

Objective

The aim of POLLEN is to support European publishers of interactive educational materials in developing and testing production methods for the design of multimedia materials in the sciences for large public audiences. The materials will be delivered via off-line (CD-ROM) and on-line (interactive TV) channels. The choice of production and delivery methods will take into account the numerous constraints of time, quality and cost. The research-based collaborative production will be tested and validated with two prototypes in the science domain. Both of which will be designed for on-line and off-line delivery and will be demonstrated in real life situations in France and Germany.



The overall aim of the POLLEN project is to support European publishers of interactive learning materials to develop and test production methods for designing multimedia educational materials, in the domain of science, for large public audience, that can be delivered through off-line and on-line channels, taking into account the numerous constraints of time, quality and costs imposed by commercial publishing.

A methodology for the collaborative design and the production of specification will be developed based on results coming from didactic research. The method will be tested and validated thanks to the prototyping of two products in the domain of science, each of them being implemented for on-line and off-line delivery.

The project will have two demonstrations in real-life situation in the region of Stuttgart, and in the region of Ile-de-France.

The main anticipated results are: a practical method to create and specify interactive learning materials; two pieces of educational multimedia software, in three languages, which could be exploited as elements of CD-ROMs to be commercialized; quantitative and qualitative analysis of two on-line demonstrations about the use of didactic materials by home-learners.

Fields of science

• social sciences › educational sciences › didactics
• humanities › arts › modern and contemporary art › radio and television
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › software

Programme(s)

• FP4-TELEMATICS 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development and demonstration in the area of telematic applications of common interest, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• B.4 - Telematics Applications for Education and Training

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Ernst Klett Verlag für Wissen und Bildung Gmbh

Address

Augustenstrasse, 124
70197 Stuttgart
Germany

Participants (10)

AKADEMIE FUR TECHNIKFOLGENABSCHATZUNG DES LANDES BADEN-WURTTEMBURG- CTA

Germany

Address

5,industriestrasse
70565 Stuttgart

ALMQUIST & WIKSELL FORLAG

Sweden

Address

11382 Stockholm

ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE - DEVELOPPEMENT DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT MULTIMEDIA INFORMATISE

France

Address

93,chemin Des Mouilles
69131 Ecully Cdx

CENTRE NATIONALE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, DELEGATION REGIONALE RHONE-ALPES, SECTEUR VALLEE DU RHONE

France

Address

2,avenue Albert Einstein
69609 CDX Villeurbanne

FRANCE TELECOM

France

Address

6,place D'afferay
75505 Paris

GYLDENDALSKE BOGHANDEL, NORDISK FORLAG L

Denmark

Address

3,klareboderne
1001 Copenhagen K

HACHETTE LIVRE

France

Address

43,quai De Grenelle
75905 CDX1 Paris

Helicon Publishing

United Kingdom

Address

42 Hythe Bridge Street
OX1 2EP Oxford

LABORATOIRE DE DIDACTIQUE ET EPISTEMOLOGIE DES SCIENCES

Switzerland

Address

Route De Drize
1227 Carouge

Società per la Didattica con l'Elaboratore Dida El Srl

Italy

Address

Via Lamarmora 3
20122 Milano